Buy SuperJam online.

You can now get SuperJam online at The Speciality Foodstore. They sell all kinds of nice speciality foods, check it out here.

We will also be launching our own online store within the coming week or so, where you will be able to buy SuperJam if you don't live near a Waitrose or even if you live abroad. We might also sell a few other healthy and cool foods in the shop so feel free to make suggestions of what you would like to see sold alongside SuperJam.

Edinburgh Festival, Fringe Sunday

Yesterday we had a stall at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in the meadows. It was a pretty sunny day and everyone was out and about. We had a queue of people at the stall all day (5 hours) and sold an unbelievable amount of jam (I had to get my Dad to drive home at about lunchtime for more stock!).

The articles in this week's Edinburgh Evening News and Herald and Post probably helped - everyone seemed to know the SuperJam story.

I couldn't get a good picture at any point - the stall was surrounded by people all day until we completely ran out of jam at about 5pm and retired to the pub.

The worst jam in the world?

I spend a lot of time trying other peoples' jams from around the world. Partly looking for ideas but mostly since I just love jam. Ocassionally, however, I come across a flavour of jam that doesn't really work.

This morning, I was trying the range of jams made by a German company called 'Muhlhauser'. They make all the old classics like Strawberry and Raspberry, which they didn't do a bad job of really. What really amazed me though was their 'blackcurrant and chocolate jam' ("with fine chocolate"). This was obviously the brainwave of someone in their marketing department ("chocolate spread sells well.....blackcurrant jam sells well....").

As wonderful as blackcurrant and fine chocolate sounds, it is quite inedible.

How to be a teenage millionaire.

Before I start, I'm going to point out that I am not actually a millionaire. However, I have recently contributed my thoughts and advice for aspiring entrepreneurs to a book called 'how to be a teenage millionaire'. It is not a bad wee book for teenagers who are maybe thinking about whether they want to start their own business, either now or in the future.

It's on Amazon here.

Encouraging other young people to think about starting their own business is one of my big things. I've got so much out of starting SuperJam that I couldn't recommend a better way of life to other people than being an entrepreneur.

I get a couple of emails every day from teenagers who are thinking about starting up their own businesses. This is something that I love and am always more than happy to help in whatever way I can. I'm keen to hear from young people about what they think about starting their own business, what obstacles they face and what kind of businesses they would like to start.

(Photo courtesy of a recent Evening News article).